A few days later.

Chen Chu waited for the news of Zhu Neng and the others.

In the early morning of this day, as soon as Chen Chu got up, he saw Zhu Neng and others standing at the door of the villa with solemn expressions, as if they had encountered something big.

Chen Chu was curious, stepped forward and asked, "Old Zhu, what's wrong with you?" It seems that the mood is not high, whose relatives died? ”

Everyone buried their heads low.

No one spoke.

Especially Zhu Neng, he didn't even dare to look at Chen Chu's eyes.

Chen Chu asked, "What happened to the cement factory?" ”

"The ice factory blew up?"

"Still ......"

One by one remained silent.

Chen Chu was annoyed all of a sudden, and said angrily: "Are you dumb, aren't you, don't speak, get out, get out of Chang'an City, I, Chen Chu, never want to see you." ”

This is equivalent to driving people away completely.

When Zhu Neng and a few people heard this, they immediately panicked.

Zhu Neng hurriedly raised his head and stammered, "Old ...... Boss, don't chase us away, we, don't want to go......"

"If you don't want to go, just talk!" Chen Chu roared angrily.

Zhu Neng said cautiously: "Boss, I'm sorry, we lived up to your expectations, that thing, we can't print it, we, found the best printer in Chang'an City, tried it no less than 100 times, and finally convinced, what you want can't be printed, boss, I'm not doing things well, you punish us, but don't drive us away, we want to follow you, we can be cows and horses for the rest of our lives......"

Thinking of the previous vow, I patted my chest and promised.

Everyone's faces were panicked.

Chen Chu suddenly became happy and asked, "Can't be printed?" ”

"Hmm!"

Chen Chu asked again: "Because of this, you all blame yourself?" ”

Zhu Neng nodded.

"You think it's all your fault?" Chen Chu asked again.

Zhu Neng nodded and said, "Boss, it's all my incompetence and stupidity." ”

Chen Chu yelled unhappily: "Bullshit......"

"Ah......h

Seeing Chen Chu angry, Zhu Neng and the others all raised their heads in surprise.

I only heard Chen Chu say: "Let me tell you, scientific research, nothing is certain to be done, some things, limited by objective factors, it is impossible to do, can you become a fat man in one bite?" Can you reach the sky in one step? You, after following me for a while, you have swelled, and you always think that you can handle everything in the world, and now you hit a wall...... I can tell you responsibly that the failure to print is not your problem, but something else...... But don't be discouraged, not now, it will always work in the future, those printers can't do it, then it proves that the printing technology is not good, Lao Zhu, since this is the case, this is your opportunity, why don't you study the printing technology yourself......"

A word wakes up the dreamer.

Zhu Neng and the others had their eyes lit up.

I saw Zhu Neng pat his thigh and said excitedly: "Yes, the boss is right, why don't we study printing technology ourselves." ”

"Yes, the boss woke us up with a word, not only printing technology, but also ink, we all studied it together."

"Boss, let's go back and continue our research."

"Printing has a lot to offer."

A few old men, all of them were very excited.

Seeing this, Chen Chu asked, "Aren't you uncomfortable now?" Not confused? ”

Zhu Neng smiled embarrassedly: "Boss, it's okay now, let's go back and continue to study until we can print this thing......"

In order to keep it secret, Chen Chu did not tell everyone that this was a banknote to replace Kaiyuan Tongbao.

Even if you say it, no one will believe it.

After all, Kaiyuan Tongbao is also copper, and copper can be sold for money.

But paper money is really just a piece of paper.

When Zhu Neng and the others came, they were dejected, like a defeated rooster.

But when I went back, I was full of fighting spirit.

The reason is in Chen Chu's few words.

……

Meanwhile.

Palace.

North of Tai Chi Palace.

There is a vacant land with an area of more than ten acres.

The land is very flat and fertile.

This was previously a vegetable garden for the royal family, and the vegetables grown were all for the royal family.

But more than half a year ago, all the vegetables were bulldozed.

More than a dozen acres of land were handed over to the general of the court as a chief eunuch to use.

There is only one way to use it, and that is to grow potatoes.

It's harvest time.

Early morning.

The sun is rising.

The mist has not yet lifted.

There were already a lot of people gathered next to the clearing.

If you look closely, all of them are ministers of the fifth rank or above in the DPRK and China.

Standing at the forefront, it is the pillar of the court, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wang Qi, Wei Zheng, Gao Shilian......

One by one, the big guys are dressed in new clothes, and their faces are full of joy.

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "Today, it is really a great joy for my Datang." ”

"The eldest grandson is right, it is worth celebrating!"

"The potatoes that have been planted are about to be harvested!"

"From now on, my Datang will no longer be short of food."

"As long as the food problem can be solved, the people are rich, and the Tang Dynasty is strong, it will be just around the corner, I think at the beginning, Your Majesty wanted to go west to conquer Goryeo many times, but was dissuaded by us, and the biggest reason is the food problem."

"Once you go to war, not only will it cost troops, but the biggest cost will be food."

The people present basically participated in the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

The suffering at that time is vivid.

In troubled times, the greatest danger is not the encounter between swords and soldiers, not the cruelty of war.

Rather, there is no food to eat.

The white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles.

Many people were starved to death because they had no food.

Now, the potato harvest is about to be harvested.

A fetish that yields thousands of catties per mu!

From now on, Datang will no longer be short of food.

From now on, Datang will continue to move forward.

Those present are honored.

Datang, I'm proud of you.

Just when everyone was talking, I heard a little eunuch shouting at the top of his voice: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

Everyone turned their heads together, only to see a dragon chariot being carried to this side.

After stopping, Li Er couldn't wait to come down and hold the eldest grandson queen by hand.

Only at particularly important moments or occasions will Li Er and Empress Changsun appear together.

Everyone understands that His Majesty Li Er must attach great importance to today's potato harvest.

I saw Li Er leading the eldest grandson queen forward, and then asked, "Where is Huang Aiqing?" ”

An old man hurriedly ran forward and said, "Minister, see Your Majesty, see the Empress." ”

This person is the one who will be the eunuch, Huang Shiren.

Huang Shiren was in charge of the general as the chief eunuch, responsible for the manufacture of various advanced things in the entire Tang Dynasty, and also provided improvements for the army's equipment, which can be said to have won Li Er's favor.

Therefore, when Chen Chu offered potato seeds last year, Li Er arranged for people to put the seeds in the temple for worship, and after the beginning of spring, he found the minister of civil and military affairs, and after discussion, everyone unanimously decided that Huang Shiren, who would be the chief eunuch, would plant potatoes, because he understood agriculture. Before Huang Shiren entered Chang'an, he had been in charge of persuading farmers in the local area, and had solid experience in agricultural planting, and he was also appreciated by Li Er for the persuasion of agriculture he wrote at the beginning.

The whole dynasty thinks that there is no more suitable for growing potatoes than Huang Shiren.

Li Er then ordered Huang Shiren to plant potatoes with all his might.

Now, more than half a year has passed.

It's finally time for a good harvest.

Li Er looked at Huang Shiren and asked, "Huang Aiqing, I asked you to report the situation of this potato to me every half a month, and you have been doing very well, according to your report, this potato has been growing very well, right?" ”

Huang Shiren said excitedly: "Your Majesty, that's the case, the minister with a group of people, never left here, has been staring at the planting of potatoes, the minister also used the previous experience of persuading the class to farm, planting, the minister found that the growth of these potatoes is much better than what Chen Chu planted before, the minister saw the potatoes planted by Chen Chu, only half of the knee high, but these potatoes planted by the minister, some of them grew to half waist height, the minister dared to guarantee, these potatoes must be very good!" ”

"Wow......"

"Looks better than Chen Chu's?"

"Half-waist high?"

"It's worthy of being a great eunuch, and the experience of this kind of place is indeed very sufficient."

The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Huang Shiren, rubbed his hands excitedly, and said: "Lord Huang, the potatoes that Chen Chu planted in earthen pots at the beginning, when converted, the yield per mu is 1,000 catties, and now, since your potatoes are so good, I am afraid that the yield per mu is not a problem." ”

"That's right, in this case, the potato production will definitely increase."

"At the beginning, I remember Chen Chu said that the yield per mu is already very powerful, it is the result of his personal planting, if it is replaced by someone else, I am afraid that it can only reach about 500 catties, now it seems that Chen Chu underestimated my Tang Dynasty, he didn't expect that there would be a master like Lord Huang in the court......"

"Yes, Lord Huang is a master."

"If it really solves the grain of Datang, Lord Huang is a saint!"

A group of ministers praised Huang Shiren one after another.

Huang Shiren showed an honest smile.

He said in his heart: Chen Chu, Chen Chu, don't blame me, this is everyone's praise for me, not what I want.

This feeling made him feel very refreshed.

Seeing the praise of his colleagues around him, Huang Shiren floated away, he arched his hand towards everyone, and said: "It's just a matter of talent, and it's just for Your Majesty." Actually, there is another thing that I originally planned to bury in my heart, but today, I don't vomit unpleasantly......"

Li Er and everyone were curious.

Li Er asked, "Huang Aiqing, I don't know what's going on?" ”

Huang Shiren smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, when Your Majesty issued an order to let me take people to plant potatoes, not only gave potato seeds, but also a booklet, which was written by Chen Chu about the potato planting method, but after a little look, he knew that Chen Chu didn't know how to farm at all, and his methods were not advisable...... It's just that Chen Chu is a horse, and he is a meritorious minister who sacrificed potatoes, and the minister is not good to expose it directly, so the minister gave up his method and planted the potato with the minister's own method, and now it seems that the minister's method is right. ”

The implication is that Chen Chu can't do it.

A guy who doesn't have any hair grows doesn't know how to farm at all.

When the people heard this, they praised again.

Huang Shiren was even more proud.

Only Li Er frowned.

He glanced at Huang Shiren with some disbelief and said, "Let's start." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Huang Shiren happily took people to busy.

……